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Windhoek's Arts and Cultural Festival

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September 26th 2008
I was invited to the opening ceremonies of the /Aë //Gams (ya go head and pronounce that) Arts and Cultural Festival. The Prime Minister of Namibia was there to open the festival and he said something I quite liked, "With culture, we are all equal". It was a pretty fun time with all of Namibia's ethnic groups represented in song and dance. Even German (colonial) culture was celebrated. There we ... read more

Africa » Namibia » Windhoek

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South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla gr... ... read more